Craven County News

Johnnie Ray Kinsey, the bodybuilder who had to battle three challengers and his own demons to win a city election, was ultimately successful Tuesday night, besting Joan Bottcher in a runoff to be named alderman for New Bern's 4th Ward.

It was day two of witness testimony in the trial of a former Camp Lejeune Marine accused of killing a Harlowe man.

The man who drove the car that Gary Lamont Hayes fired three shotgun rounds from into the body of Odell Foster said that Hayes was drunk and impaired when he fired the .12-gauge Mossberg pump shotgun.

Multiple news outlets have reported that accused serial killer Anthony Edward Sowell may have spent time in eastern North Carolina in the 1980s while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Voting was slow but steady as Havelock residents came out to choose their next mayor and two commissioners on Tuesday.

Newbernsj.com is the place to be on Tuesday night for live coverage of Election Day results.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a Havelock man charged with first-degree murder.

The last votes are in...at least in the advanced voting. Voters in Craven County that wanted to take advantage of early voting had until 1 PM Saturday to cast their ballot at the Craven County Administration Building in New Bern.

Theater teacher Willie Sumner remembers when two students from Myanmar who spoke little to no English joined his class two years ago at New Bern High School, and his students wrote them into their pantomime, silent-acting plays.

Four candidates filed with the Craven County Board of Elections to be in the running on Tuesday for three open seats on the River Bend Town Council.

A fatal wreck has led to criminal charges against one of the drivers. Twenty year-old Hailey Renee Howell is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in the crash that killed 40 year-old Anthony Cox, Jr.

Updated at 4:39 p.m. to include additional charges against Yates. Havelock police say a Newport man intentionally crashed his car into the Bayside restaurant Monday morning in hopes of getting the attention of a woman.

The annual Coastal Carolina Agriculture Fair opens an 11-day run Thursday at the Craven County Jaycees Fairground, with exhibitions, rides, games and plenty of food and music.

The Craven County Water Board made its first major financial commitment on Monday to what could be a new 3 million gallon nanofiltration system up and pumping by 2013.

The Sun Journal incorrectly reported that a woman had died of injuries from a shooting on Dry Monia Road in central Craven County that also resulted in her grandson's death.

New Bern police arrested a gunman late Sunday evening after he entered an apartment in Craven Terrace, demanded money from the residents and assaulted one resident.

Updated at 10:40 a.m. Power is returning to the east end of Havelock this morning following a Progress Energy transmission outage at 2:30 a.m. In all, the outage affected about 16,000 power customers in Carteret and Craven counties, including about 4,300 in the Havelock area.

A man charged with murder in Craven County has invoked his Fifth Amendment right, choosing not to speak with investigators about the crime he is accused of committing.

Two North Harlowe residents were arrested on felony drug charges on Saturday, according to a release from the Havelock Police Department.

A man is dead and his grandmother has been shot in Craven County. Rescue crews were called around 11:30 a.m. to a home on Dry Monia Road, that's between Highway 70 & Highway 55 near Tuscarora.